Giro d'Italia, stage 8 summary

Stage 8 : May 14, Sapri - Tropea, 217 km

1 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli 4.59.45
2 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard
3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0.05
4 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) BMC Racing Team
5 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
6 Davide Appollonio (Ita) Sky Procycling
7 Francisco Jose Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team
8 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
9 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Team Garmin-Cervelo
10 Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto


Changes in GC, stage 8 compared to stage 7 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+7 Sacha Modolo
+7 Martin Kohler
+7 Mark Cavendish
+6 Yuriy Krivtsov
+6 Simon Zahner
+6 Russell Downing
+6 Roberto Ferrari
+6 Robert Hunter
+6 Murilo Antonio Fischer
+6 Mickael Cherel

Biggest losers by position :
-15 Davide Malacarne
-13 David Millar
-11 Addy Engels
-11 Hubert Dupont
-11 Marco Frapporti
-7 Fabio Taborre
-7 Stefano Garzelli
-6 Matthew Wilson
-5 Craig Lewis
-5 Michael Christiansen Morkov
-4 Francesco Masciarelli

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:25 Oscar Gatto
+0:17 Alberto Contador Velasco
+0:08 Alessandro Petacchi

Biggest losers by time :
-8:03 Matthew Wilson
-7:09 Marco Frapporti
-4:40 Addy Engels
-4:40 David Millar
-4:40 Graeme Brown
-4:33 Davide Malacarne
-4:33 Gianluca Brambilla
-3:12 Francesco Reda
-3:06 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen
-3:06 Michael Christiansen Morkov
-2:52 Ben Gastauer

Favourites by position :
+4 Alberto Contador Velasco
+3 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
+2 Lars Ytting Bak
+2 Frantisek Rabon
+1 Carlos Sastre Candil
-1 Vincenzo Nibali
-1 Michele Scarponi
-3 Richie Porte
-7 Stefano Garzelli

Favourites by time :
+0:17 Alberto Contador Velasco
-0:21 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
-0:41 Stefano Garzelli
-1:19 Lars Ytting Bak
-1:38 Richie Porte
-1:42 Danilo Di Luca
-1:45 Frantisek Rabon

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Pieter Weening 28:09:49 (unchanged)
2 Kanstantsin Siutsou 0:02 (unchanged)
3 Marco Pinotti 0:02 (unchanged)
4 Christophe Le Mevel 0:05 (unchanged)
5 Alberto Contador Velasco 0:13 (was 9th at 0:30)
6 Michele Scarponi 0:14 (was 5th at 0:14)
7 Pablo Lastras Garcia 0:22 (was 6th at 0:22)
8 Vincenzo Nibali 0:24 (was 7th at 0:24)
9 Steven Kruijswijk 0:28 (was 8th at 0:28)
10 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez 0:33 (unchanged)
11 Thomas Lovkvist 0:39 (unchanged)
12 David Arroyo Duran 0:40 (unchanged)
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14 Roman Kreuziger 0:44 (unchanged)
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16 Denis Menchov 0:55 (unchanged)
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29 Stefano Garzelli 1:50 (was 22nd at 1:09)
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32 Carlos Sastre Candil 2:29 (was 33rd at 2:29)
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51 Danilo Di Luca 11:12 (was 51st at 9:30)
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55 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 11:48 (was 58th at 11:27)
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118 Lars Ytting Bak 32:30 (was 120th at 31:11)
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133 Richie Porte 36:34 (was 130th at 34:56)
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156 Frantisek Rabon 45:03 (was 158th at 43:18)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Jan Bakelants 7 (unchanged)
2 Matteo Montaguti 5 (unchanged)
3 Martin Kohler 5 (unchanged)
4 Kristof Vandewalle 5 (unchanged)
5 Sebastian Lang 5 (unchanged)
6 Mirko Selvaggi 5 (was 0 points)
7 Matteo Tosatto 5 (was 6th with 5 points)
8 Marco Marzano 4 (was 7th with 4 points)
9 Giovanni Visconti 4 (was 8th with 4 points)
10 Leonardo Giordani 4 (was 0 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Bart De Clercq 11 (unchanged)
2 Martin Kohler 10 (unchanged)
3 Federico Canuti 9 (unchanged)
4 Gianluca Brambilla 8 (unchanged)
5 Michele Scarponi 7 (unchanged)
6 Roman Kreuziger 6 (unchanged)
7 Christophe Le Mevel 5 (unchanged)
8 Jerome Pineau 5 (unchanged)
9 Stefano Garzelli 3 (unchanged)
10 Giovanni Visconti 3 (unchanged)

Retirements to date : Stage
Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Geox-TMC 8
Brice Feillu (Fra) Leopard Trek 5
Bruno Pires (Por) Leopard Trek 5
Chris Barton (USA) BMC Racing Team 5
Davide ViganA² (Ita) Leopard Trek 5
Dominic Klemme (Ger) Leopard Trek 5
Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Leopard Trek 5
Francesco Failli (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli 5
Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Leopard Trek 5
Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Leopard Trek 5
Tom Slagter (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 5
Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Leopard Trek 5
Tyler Farrar (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 5
Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Leopard Trek 3
Total retirements : 14


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